"syslogd" process taking 100% CPU under Mac OS X 10.5.4
The top process in the list is #13 “syslogd” (root). Close second is bzip2 (root)." This helps conserve space and makes it easier to search log file contents. Additionally, users have found that removing and recreating the system.log file also may help the problem. It is unadvisable to remove the database while the process is running. If the CPU still begins running at 100%, try applying the second fix. Remove and recreate the system....